Zhong Chen

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BORN
Zhongshan, China, 1969

BIOGRAPHY
Zhong Chen was born in 1970 in Zhongshan, China and arrived in Australia at the age of 19 in 1989. Now residing in Melbourne, Chen has forged a successful career by exploring his trans-cultural identity. Chen’s work is proudly inspired by his Chinese heritage. His collections examine, highlight and celebrate the cultural, political and historical relationships between Australia and China, and their respective approaches to narrative and image making in contemporary art.
Zhong has exhibited extensively since 1995.

EDUCATION
1998 Masters of Fine Arts, Chelsea School of Art
1996 Bachelor of Visual Arts (honours), University of South Australia
1994 Diploma of Visual Arts, North Adelaide School of Art

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“I want to connect with the viewer by using colour and familiar motifs that are typically associated with the Australian environment. Exaggeration of space and elements create a theatrical representation of the landscape.”

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